diff --git a/openssl-little-CA/CA.sh b/openssl-little-CA/CA.sh
index ba5f41a..d92c110 100755
--- a/openssl-little-CA/CA.sh
+++ b/openssl-little-CA/CA.sh
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ case $1 in
     echo "Signed certificate is in newcert.pem"
     ;;
 -signCA)
-    $CA -policy policy_anything -out newcert.pem -extensions v3_ca -infiles newreq.pem
+    $CA -policy policy_anything -out newcert.pem $CADAYS -extensions v3_ca -infiles newreq.pem
     RET=$?
     echo "Signed CA certificate is in newcert.pem"
     ;;